The rising sun of Australian Japan bashing? Racism, American cultural imperialism and Australian popular images of Asia

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Gehrmann, Richard. 1995. "The rising sun of Australian Japan bashing? Racism, American cultural imperialism and Australian popular images of Asia." Overland.
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The rising sun of Australian Japan bashing? Racism, American cultural imperialism and Australian popular images of Asia

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AuthorGehrmann, Richard
Publication TitleOverland
Number of Pages6
Year1995
Place of PublicationAustralia
ISSN0030-7416
1444-3163
Web Address (URL)https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/IELAPA.950707047
Abstract

Review and consideration of the implications of the Australian response to the film 'Rising Sun'.

Keywordsracial discrimination; Asians; attitudes; Rising Sun(Film); Japanese people; Japanese/American relations; Japanese/ Australian relations; negative images
Contains Sensitive ContentDoes not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020360505. Screen media
441013. Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
470214. Screen and media culture
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Byline AffiliationsDepartment of Humanities and International Studies
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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